Aviation Management Curriculum

Curriculum Requirements

All bachelor's degrees require a minimum of 120 credit hours, inclusive of UD general education and major requirements and any elective courses.

The Aviation Management major includes a set of aviation core courses, foundation courses, and aviation industry electives resulting in 57 required credit hours.

Required Aviation Core Courses (27-34 credits):

  • AVI 121: Fundamentals of Flight Operations (2) or AVI 131 - Basic Ground School (6)
  • AVI 145: Safety and Ethics in Aviation (1)
  • AVI 233: Air Transportation (3)
  • AVI 322: Aviation Human Capital and Employee Management (3)
  • AVI 333: Aviation Security and Crisis Management (3)
  • AVI 341: Aviation Law (3)
  • AVI 349: Aviation Safety Management (3)
  • AVI 444: Air Transport Economics and Finance (3)
  • AVI 495: Aviation Senior Seminar (2)
  • PRF 201: Career Development Strategies (1)
  • Aviation Practicum (3) in any combination from the following courses:
    • AVI 485: Aviation Internship (1-6); or
    • AVI 491: Independent Study (1-3); or
    • AVI 496: Aviation Colloquium (1-12)

Required Foundation Courses (21 credits):

  • BAC 201: Principles of Management (3)
  • BAC 241: Principles of Financial Accounting (3)
  • BAC 242: Principles of Managerial Accounting (3)
  • CIS 166: Data Analysis (3)
  • COM 210: Interpersonal Communication (3) or BAC 324: Leadership and Motivation (3) or BAC 332: Negotiation and Conflict Management (3)
  • ECON 102: Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
  • MATH 230: Statistics (3)

Students are required to take a minimum of 9 credits from the following Aviation Industry electives:

  • AVI 234: Procedures and National Airspace System (3)
  • AVI 329: UAS Operations (3)
  • AVI 337: Airport Management (3)
  • AVI 344: Corporate Aviation (3)
  • AVI 346: Airline Management (4)
  • AVI 348: Fixed-Base Operations (3)
  • AVI 404: Air Traffic Operations and Management (3)
  • AVI 434: Human Factors (3)

The Aviation Management minor consists a minimum of 21 credits hours as follows:

  • AVI 121: Fundamentals of Flight Operations (2) or AVI 131: Basic Ground School (6)
  • AVI 145: Safety and Ethics in Aviation (1)
  • AVI 233: Air Transportation (3)
  • BAC 241: Principles of Financial Accounting (3)
  • AVI 322: Aviation Human Capital and Employee Management (3) or AVI 333: Aviation Security and Crisis Management (3)
  • AVI 349: Aviation Safety Management (3)
  • Must take a minimum of 6 credits from the following courses:
    - AVI 337: Airport Management (3) or
    - AVI 344: Corporate Aviation (3) or
    - AVI 346: Airline Management (4) or
    - AVI 348: Fixed-Base Operations (3)

Four-Year Plan of Study: Aviation Management